Species: Kertomichthys blastorhinos, Snub-nose snake-eel, Snub-nose snake eel

Kertomichthys blastorhinos (Kanazawa, 1963)

Snub-nose snake-eel

Moderately elongate (body depth 3.3% TL), cylindrical at front, compressed behind; tail 56% TL; head 12% of TL; snout short (8.8% of head), depressed, club-shaped (thickest at front), overhanging tip curved down; eye well developed, near tip of snout; front nostril a short tube; rear nostril at edge of lip, covered with a flap; mouth elongate; lips without barbels; teeth conical, pointed, 3 widely spaced teeth between front of top jaws, in 2 rows on jaws, top jaws with outer row 10-12, larger, largest fixed, alternating with slender depressible fangs, more widely spaced than inner row of 30-38 small teeth;  lower jaw with outer row of 12-16 larger teeth, inner row of 36-42 small teeth; vomer with small teeth, mainly in 2 rows; gill opening a crescent; dorsal fin origin well behind pectoral fins; pectorals well developed, base opposite top half of gill opening; tail tip blunt, no fin.

Pale, a few head pores with dark edges; fins pale

Reaches 42 cm

On soft bottom

Depth range 183 m

Known from a single specimen collected at French Guiana